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In reply to the discussion: U.S. created 501,000 fewer jobs as of March 2019 than previous reported [View all]progree
(10,904 posts)20. What's more, the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) produces both the monthly jobs reports
and all the tons of statistics that go with it ( www.bls.gov ) and they also do the annual revisions. It's not like "the Trump administration" produces the jobs report, and some kind of media watch dog or some Inspector General or other knight in shining armor or some such does the revisions, as some seem to think.
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U.S. created 501,000 fewer jobs as of March 2019 than previous reported [View all]
UpInArms
Aug 2019
OP
I knew the lying, cheating bastards were rigging the employment numbers.
democratisphere
Aug 2019
#2
Me, too. I don't believe anything that comes out of this government. Period! n/t
Peregrine Took
Aug 2019
#36
So at this point they are just straight up lying. That is more than a revision it is a
SweetieD
Aug 2019
#8
I don't trust any Numbers the Trump administration puts out. They will do anything to paint a rosie
Meadowoak
Aug 2019
#9
we've tipped off the edge and are gaining momentum as we slid toward the bottom...
Javaman
Aug 2019
#10
Gigantic number to make up for past lies and make room for new ones until Nov 2020
bucolic_frolic
Aug 2019
#11
Truly hope someone missed a decimal point in the revision and it is 50,000 jobs
Freethinker65
Aug 2019
#14
Is anyone really surprised that the Trump administration is caught lying yet again?
cstanleytech
Aug 2019
#15
What's more, the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) produces both the monthly jobs reports
progree
Aug 2019
#20
I'm looking for exactly what months were revised .... but in the meantime I ran across this
progree
Aug 2019
#22
So basically this isn't a 'jobs created' number, it's a 'total employed' number
mr_lebowski
Aug 2019
#54
Cookin' the books & pulling the wool over deplorable eyes. LIES, all lies. n/t
slumcamper
Aug 2019
#26
Socialist sounding Bureau of Labor Statistics and their "seasonally adjusted" socialism
IronLionZion
Aug 2019
#29
Here's the job series they are talking about (the famed and storied non-farm payroll job numbers
progree
Aug 2019
#33
So if 10,000 BabyBoomers are hitting 65 every day and a bunch of them work and a bunch of them
NoMoreRepugs
Aug 2019
#43